Lothar Graf zu Dohna and Richard Wetzel show that Luther’s former mentor and father confessor Johann von Staupitz had a big influence on Luther, not only on his biography, but also on his theology, and so was a key figure in the early Reformation period.

The diversity of the Septuagint’s current debates are reflected in this volume, which brings aspects of textual criticism, textual history, philology, theology, reception history, and Jewish identity in the Second Temple period together to provide an up-to-date overview of the latest in international research.